Top 10 players: team "Defense" vs team "Offense"
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:56 pm
I used the top10 list from the other thread to create two teams, team "defense" and team "offense".
In a hypothetical match up, which team will win?
Team "Defense":
Joel Embiid
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kawhi Leonard
Paul George
Damian Lillard
Team "Offense":
Nikola Jokic
Anthony Davis
LeBron James
James Harden
Stephen Curry
[EDIT: I see so many comments about how is someone can be of the "defense" team etc. So let me explain my logic.
First, I wanted the positions to make sense. So I've been forced to put Embiid/Jokiic a C, then the PF could only be Davis/Giannis. Naturally I would put LeBron/Kawhi at SF, and since Curry/Liliard are PG, it means Harden/PG should be SG.
Now, given each position, I had to take one player and put him in the "Offense" team and the other on "Defense", so:
C: Easy choice - Embiid is surely better defender and Jokic probably is a better Offensive player.
SG: Easy- Harden is offensive beast while PG is an excellent defender.
SF: LeBron was always knows as an offensive beast , while Kawhi was 2 times DPOY. In addition, LeBron was criticised in the recent years for his defense by many people. Kawhi on the other hand helped stopping Giannis in last year playoffs. So it made more sense foo me to send Kawhi to the defensive team and put LeBron in the offensive team.
PF: Here I a had a tough choice. Both are great at both ends. But last year Giannis was pretty much "stopped" by Kawhi, hence is offense is still "limited" while his defense has less draws. So I decided to put Giannis on the defensive team and Davis on the offensive.
PG: Yes, Lillard is not a good defender. I know. But I a had three reasons to put him there. First - is he really worse than Curry on defense? I'm not sure. Second - let's say he is worse than Curry on defense by X. Surely Curry is better on Offense. By how much? let's say by Y. Is X>Y or Y>x? For me, Curry is such a good player on offense, that Y>X. I can't see the best "offensive" team without him. Third - I wanted the match up to be interesting. If I would have put Curry on the other team and Lillard on this one, I think the poll would have been much less interesting - not many people would vote for the "offensive" team.]
In a hypothetical match up, which team will win?
Team "Defense":
Joel Embiid
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kawhi Leonard
Paul George
Damian Lillard
Team "Offense":
Nikola Jokic
Anthony Davis
LeBron James
James Harden
Stephen Curry
[EDIT: I see so many comments about how is someone can be of the "defense" team etc. So let me explain my logic.
First, I wanted the positions to make sense. So I've been forced to put Embiid/Jokiic a C, then the PF could only be Davis/Giannis. Naturally I would put LeBron/Kawhi at SF, and since Curry/Liliard are PG, it means Harden/PG should be SG.
Now, given each position, I had to take one player and put him in the "Offense" team and the other on "Defense", so:
C: Easy choice - Embiid is surely better defender and Jokic probably is a better Offensive player.
SG: Easy- Harden is offensive beast while PG is an excellent defender.
SF: LeBron was always knows as an offensive beast , while Kawhi was 2 times DPOY. In addition, LeBron was criticised in the recent years for his defense by many people. Kawhi on the other hand helped stopping Giannis in last year playoffs. So it made more sense foo me to send Kawhi to the defensive team and put LeBron in the offensive team.
PF: Here I a had a tough choice. Both are great at both ends. But last year Giannis was pretty much "stopped" by Kawhi, hence is offense is still "limited" while his defense has less draws. So I decided to put Giannis on the defensive team and Davis on the offensive.
PG: Yes, Lillard is not a good defender. I know. But I a had three reasons to put him there. First - is he really worse than Curry on defense? I'm not sure. Second - let's say he is worse than Curry on defense by X. Surely Curry is better on Offense. By how much? let's say by Y. Is X>Y or Y>x? For me, Curry is such a good player on offense, that Y>X. I can't see the best "offensive" team without him. Third - I wanted the match up to be interesting. If I would have put Curry on the other team and Lillard on this one, I think the poll would have been much less interesting - not many people would vote for the "offensive" team.]
